When eyes become the greatest casualty

Visual impairment in Bangladesh has always remained on the high side. The number of visually impaired children below six years of age alone is estimated at 1.0 million and as many as 30,000 children suffer night blindness every year. If night blindness is the result of malnutrition, overexposure to electronic display devices and longer stay in artificial light pose a growing threat to young peopleand#39;s eyesight. However, amidst this grim picture, the silver lining is that two-thirds of such blindness can